Re: [Sablevm-developer] powerpc port status

[David P. B. <db...@CS...>]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 12:04:09AM +0100, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 18:49, David Paul BELANGER wrote:
> > I tried to port sableVM to the powerpc.  I got it to compile.  But it
> > cannot execute a simple hello program.  It stops and prints:
> > java/lang/ExceptionInInitializer
> > I does not even get to execute main.
> >=20
> > I heard from Etienne that someone else was working on a powerpc port.=
  I
> > would like to know its current state and, if it gets to execute the
> > HelloWorld program, I would like to have the source code/patch even i=
f
> > it is still unstable.
>=20
> A while ago I made some patches that got Hello World working on powerpc=
:
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=3D983089&forum_i=
d=3D4154
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=3D1997083
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=3D1006086&forum_=
id=3D4154
>=20
> They got never applied to the main source tree though. SableVM seems to
> have some other endian issues with invoking native code through JNI.
>=20
> Please let me know if the patches in those message still apply against
> the current tree and make at least Hello World work. I would love to
> have a working SableVM on powerpc but just don't have to time to hack o=
n
> it (and this was the first time I did anything in powerpc assembly so I
> am not the best person to move this port forward).
>=20

Hi,

I got HelloWorld to work on sablevm 1.0.5!

I got it to work by applying your patch for native.c to the code I have
previously hacked.
Now I will compare your patches for the other parts with mine and run
more tests.


Thanks,
David


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